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Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog
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AFS 507 - African Music
This is a selective introduction to African music, and the music of the African Diaspora. We will read from major scholars in the field of African music studies such as Simha Arom, Christopher Waterman, Gerhard Kubik, Michele Kisliuk, Ruth Stone, Kofi Agawu, and others. Students will get a broad overview of the music of the major regional subdivisions of Africa (for instance North Africa, Central Africa, South Africa, etc.), as well as a historical perspective on the musicological issues that have been central to Africanist musicology and ethno musicology. There will be regular reading, listening, and short writing assignments, occasional quizzes, a book review, and a final research project of 16-18 pp. For the book review, students will write about a monograph on African Music such as John Miller Chernoff’s African Rhythm and African Sensibility or Paul Berliner’s The Soul of Mbira. Students will present their research to class towards the end of the term.
3 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
Required Permission from course instructor required.
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